Introducing Perioperative Nursing as a Foundation for Clinical Practice

This article describes one school ’s experience in providing a perioperative nursing course as a first clinical course in a bachelor of science in nursing curriculum. This innovation reframes the perspective on perioperative nursing from that of an elective clinical specialty that is not essential to basic nursing education to a p ractice setting that provides key foundational clinical learning experiences for the novice nursing student. A strong academic-practice partnership; effective preparation for key stakeholders including nursing staff members, preceptors, and students; and collaboration with AORN were essential elemen ts in the success of this clinical learning innovation.
Source: AORN Journal - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Featured article Source Type: research